MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.09,-111.68 Latitude: 42.09 Longitude: -111.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 86 1 950 530 2 900 992 3 850 1475 SFC 803 1951 9.7 3.3 65 6.3 6.2 278 13 301.2 302.3 288.5 319.3 6.07 5 800 1981 9.2 3.5 68 5.6 6.1 279 12 301.0 302.1 288.5 319.4 6.18 6 750 2512 4.8 1.7 80 3.1 3.2 271 25 301.8 302.9 288.5 319.1 5.77 7 700 3071 0.8 -0.0 94 0.8 0.4 264 32 303.4 304.4 288.7 319.9 5.46 8 650 3664 -1.8 -2.0 98 0.3 -1.9 262 35 307.0 307.9 289.5 322.6 5.07 9 600 4297 -5.7 -6.1 97 0.4 -5.9 268 40 309.5 310.2 289.4 322.1 4.04 10 550 4971 -11.8 -13.3 88 1.5 -12.3 271 60 310.1 310.6 288.1 318.1 2.49 11 500 5694 -15.3 -21.6 59 6.2 -17.0 267 72 314.4 314.6 288.4 318.9 1.36 12 450 6488 -18.3 -34.1 24 15.9 -21.1 263 75 320.3 320.4 289.3 322.0 0.47 13 400 7354 -24.7 -34.4 40 9.8 -26.2 281 83 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.8 0.52 14 350 8312 -31.9 -40.6 42 8.7 -32.9 278 99 325.7 325.8 290.8 326.9 0.32 15 300 9379 -40.9 -50.9 34 9.9 -41.5 268 103 327.6 327.7 291.2 328.1 0.12 16 250 10596 -49.0 -59.7 28 10.7 -49.3 268 116 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.5 0.05 17 200 12031 -57.2 -69.9 19 12.7 -57.4 270 113 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.02 18 150 13847 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.0 276 81 372.4 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16368 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.8 254 51 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5608.75 m Freezing level: 684.33 mb = 3256.43 m = 10683.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.88 mb = 3163.98 m = 10380.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.68 % Est. max temperature: 14.94 C = 58.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 728.86 mb = 2743.26 m = 9000.09 ft T: 3.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 0.27 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.00 mb = 3070.56 m = 10073.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.75 C = 53.16 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: 1.41 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7700.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.16 mb = 2908.35 m = 9541.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.3 at 55.8 knts Storm direction: 300.3 at 41.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 3.7 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 296.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 296.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 195.77 m/s